Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 09-29-18 05:40 <=-

It was pretty pleasing, though I might have asked
for a bit of hottener-upper for myself, but I didn't
want to overtax the staff. The below (I sent along a
different version not long ago, but this one was
made for the Hoareshold) would have gone well.

I should have thought to 1) ask you if you wanted such, and then 2)
asked the staff myself, especially as the young lady that was serving us
was the one that had offered it as an option when I was setting things up....

Ehh, my idea was to make life easier for the girl,
who seemed to have enough to do.

True, it was a fairly busy night at the restaurant, too... :)

I still didn't understand Edith's absence at that
jolly occasion, which no doubt she would have
enjoyed. I hope it was as she said a time thing
and not a lack of resources thing.

I think most likely it was as she said... wanting the time to work on
the sausages she'd promised Carol for the brunch, and the big bowl of
potato salad she planned to bring the next day to Lydia's...

I keep forgetting that many people spend too much time
sweating the little things when they cook. Bonnie (mine,
not yours) made a dish that required over an hour of
constant work and said that even though she liked it (it
was from Bon Appetit), she'd never make it again. After
reading the text I told her that I'd teach her to make it
and better in 10 minutes.

Always a good thing in my book to make recipes less fussy... :)

It struck me that they might have been a little free with
how they ladled the stews onto the injera; but more likely,
my vision coupled with the free trade of morsels and
sometimes whole platters might have confused me.

They set up the portion size according to how many the platter is
supposed to be for, in this case each of the specials platters was for
three people... had we been hungrier, I've known them to offer seconds
of the vegetable accompaniments... I had expected a slightly larger
portion of the gored gored, actually I was expecting a separate plate
with the gored gored and the accompanying sides.... it's possible that

I had been hoping for a bigger dose of gored gored,
but it's just as well, because there were people over
[i]there[/i] who didn't eat any of it, so I figure
those who liked it got enough.

Hopefully... :)

that was the usual portion for an entree version of it... But the way
we were doing it, passing the platters up and down the table, and nine
of us eating from all the platter portions... yeah, that could make a confusion easily... ;) But it all was good, and I think that nobody
went away hungry... :)

It was an interessting experiment - perhaps life would
have been easier for everyone but the dishwasher if we
had the dishes served in dishes. The way we were actually
served made for more of what we have come to think of as
authentically Ethiopian, though, not that any of us has
ever been there.

No, but, the proprietors came from there, and they state that that's the
way it's traditionally done, so I'll take their word for it... :)
Serving it that way, even though a bit of a confusion, probably did
allow for the most thorough tasting of all the different items... there
would have been more plates passing around if each was on a different
plate... ;) With a smaller group (like when it's been 3 or 4 of us),
getting the sampler special plate seems to work out pretty well for
getting a lot of different tastes, and sharing the meal... :)

Of course, I would not have sniffed at a
meal of raw gored gored, rare gored gored, and
cooked gored gored.

Now that sounds quite intriguing... an interesting study in the
contrasts and all... :)

Not only that, with a little study and effort we
could do it ourselves.

I certainly wouldn't put it past your capabilities... :) That could be
a picnic deal... :)

Tibs We't - Chunks of beef, sauted with onions and garlic and simmered in a sharp and flavorful berbere sauce. As above with
the lamb but a little tougher and just a bit less gamy.

I thought there was also a portion of Tibs Alicha... with the turmeric sauce...

Possibly, in which case I might well have left it for
those who were not so enthusiastic about raw meat.

Possible... seems that almost everyone had at least a taste of the kitfo
and the gored gored, though... :)

... those who wanted it ... .

I suppose.. :)

ttyl neb

... some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

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